Bold, expressive, and unapologetically wild, Nana holds no reservation in breaking down the demarcations between herself and her art.
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Nana Tedja
It is no secret; the art world is heavily dominated by men, and Nana Tedja is one of the leading female artists who has taken up the mantle of leveling the playing field in the Indonesian art scene for women artists to stand at the front line alongside their male counterparts. Bold, expressive, and unapologetically wild, Nana holds no reservation in breaking down the demarcations between herself and her art, which is to say that perusal of her art is akin to staring inwardly into her very being.
How did the early years of picking up art do for you"
I was born in 1971. My father his own batik company and my mother works as a designer there. Everyday, I would observe my mother and the many employees churn out batik works. At the age of 5, I tried my hand at batik painting and it instantly grew on me. Aged, 10, I furthered my artistic experience with my grandfather after watching him paint on a canvas. It was there and then that I figured that canvas painting was how I would like to produce art, and that has stuck with me since then.
Initially, my father was not agreeable to my choice of becoming an artist. As a woman, it was even less ideal for such a career path since the creative environment in Indonesia (or many other place...